Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers said the move came after a "significant increase in the workload" over the past fortnight. An estimated 10 million people have been affected in East Africa by the worst drought in more than half a century. More than 166,000 desperate Somalis are estimated to have fled their country to neighbouring Kenya or Ethiopia. The BBC's Africa correspondent Andrew Harding says the emotive word "famine" is used rarely and carefully by humanitarian organisations, and it is the first time since 1992 that the word has been applied to a situation in Somalia. Families have built their own homes at the camp with tree branches, wood and plastic sheets, he says. Some children look like skeletons while others have swollen legs and hands, he adds. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said new funds to help the country were desperately needed. Save the Children's Sonia Zambakides told the BBC the situation in Somalia was shocking.11215 10475 7293 7328 2721 2679 6249 999 8601 5393 2767 1427 10557 2010 3612 2199 10749 56 9272 9559 1456 9774 1408 4668 8631 7332 70 1081 1837 540 8280 1611 8449 2459 7402 122 841 8531 9207 10514 10795 10257 10409 8655 4594 10037 6615 7523 5957 3099 2805 5348 4170 5635 3915
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Metropolitan Police Deputy Assistant Commissioner Sue Akers said the move came after a "significant increase in the workload" over the past fortnight. An estimated 10 million people have been affected in East Africa by the worst drought in more than half a century. More than 166,000 desperate Somalis are estimated to have fled their country to neighbouring Kenya or Ethiopia. The BBC's Africa correspondent Andrew Harding says the emotive word "famine" is used rarely and carefully by humanitarian organisations, and it is the first time since 1992 that the word has been applied to a situation in Somalia. Families have built their own homes at the camp with tree branches, wood and plastic sheets, he says. Some children look like skeletons while others have swollen legs and hands, he adds. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said new funds to help the country were desperately needed. Save the Children's Sonia Zambakides told the BBC the situation in Somalia was shocking.11215 10475 7293 7328 2721 2679 6249 999 8601 5393 2767 1427 10557 2010 3612 2199 10749 56 9272 9559 1456 9774 1408 4668 8631 7332 70 1081 1837 540 8280 1611 8449 2459 7402 122 841 8531 9207 10514 10795 10257 10409 8655 4594 10037 6615 7523 5957 3099 2805 5348 4170 5635 3915